What you need to know about

The Process Journal

• The process journal is a place to collect evidence of your process throughout the project.

• It should contain evidence of planning, applying skills, and reflecting.

• It should demonstrate your application of ATL skills: research, self-management, thinking, communication, and social skills.

• You should share your process journal with your supervisor at each meeting.

• All Westlake Academy students use a provided Google Slides Template to organize the evidence of the process. The Google Slides process journal can accommodate evidence in a variety of formats (text, images, video, audio).

Evidence of the process is NOT

• collected on a daily basis (unless this is useful for the student)

• written up after the process has been completed

• additional work on top of the project; it is part of and supports the project

• a diary with detailed writing about what was done (unless this is useful for the student)

• a single, static document with only one format (unless this is useful for the student).

Evidence of the process IS

• gathered throughout the project to document its development

• an evolving record of intents, processes, accomplishments

• a collection of initial thoughts and developments, brainstorming, possible lines of inquiry and further questions raised

• a record of interactions with sources, for example, teachers, supervisors, external contributors

• record of selected, annotated and/or edited research and to maintain a bibliography

• a collection of useful information, for example, quotations, pictures, ideas, photographs

• a means of exploring ideas and solutions

• a place for evaluating work completed

• reflection on learning

• devised by the student in a format that suits his or her needs

• a record of reflections and formative feedback received.

Examples of Evidence

• visual thinking diagrams (mind maps)

• bulleted lists

• charts

• short paragraphs

• notes

• timelines, action plans

• annotated illustrations

• annotated research

• artifacts from inspirational visits to museums, performances, galleries

• pictures, photographs, sketches

• up to 30 seconds of visual or audio material

• screenshots of a blog or website

• self- and peer-assessment feedback.

Source: MYP Personal Project: Handbook for Supervisors and Students. MYP Personal Project-- Teacher Support Materials, International Baccalaureate, 28 February 2021.